2021
Childhood poverty and mental health disorders in early adulthood: evidence from a Brazilian cohort study
Ziebold C, Evans-Lacko S, Andrade M, Hoffmann M, Fonseca L, Barbosa M, Pan P, Miguel E, Bressan R, Rohde L, Salum G, Schafer J, de Jesus Mari J, Gadelha A. Childhood poverty and mental health disorders in early adulthood: evidence from a Brazilian cohort study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2021, 32: 903-914. PMID: 34853911, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-021-01923-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health disordersStressful life eventsEarly adulthoodHealth disordersPreventable risk factorsDifferent stressful life eventsInternalizing disordersBrazilian cohort studyProspective community cohortWell-Being AssessmentCohort studyCommunity cohortRisk factorsStratified analysisPsychiatric diagnosisExternalizing disordersChildhood povertyDisordersBaselineAdulthoodStandardized classificationHigh exposureLife eventsAssociationYoung peopleMental health conditions in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Asexual youth in Brazil: A call for action
Terra T, Schafer J, Pan P, Costa A, Caye A, Gadelha A, Miguel E, Bressan R, Rohde L, Salum G. Mental health conditions in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Asexual youth in Brazil: A call for action. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2021, 298: 190-193. PMID: 34715179, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.10.108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAsexual youthMental disordersWell-Being Behavior AssessmentHigh-risk cohortMental health conditionsPost-traumatic stress disorderAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderMental health problemsDeficit hyperactivity disorderMental health disparitiesStressful life eventsDepressive disorderPsychiatric disordersPrevalence estimatesHealth problemsConfidential questionnaireHealth disparitiesLogistic regressionStress disorderAnxiety disordersHealth conditionsConduct disorderGroup comparisonsHyperactivity disorderDisorders
2020
Stressful Life Events and the Clinical Expression of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD): An Exploratory Study
Imthon A, Caldart C, do Rosário M, Fontenelle L, Miguel E, Ferrão Y. Stressful Life Events and the Clinical Expression of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD): An Exploratory Study. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2020, 9: 3371. PMID: 33096706, PMCID: PMC7590000, DOI: 10.3390/jcm9103371.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStressful life eventsObsessive-compulsive disorderPost-traumatic stress disorderOCD patientsOccurrence of SLEsNonwhite skin colorLife eventsLogistic regression variablesCross-sectional studySensory phenomenaYale-Brown ObsessiveClinical characteristicsClinical expressionPsychiatric disordersHistory questionnairePatientsObsessive-compulsive symptomsStress disorderCompulsive ScaleDimensional Yale-Brown ObsessiveStatistical significanceDisordersPositive associationOCD symptomsSymptomsSocial losses predict a faster onset and greater severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder
Destrée L, Albertella L, Torres A, Ferrão Y, Shavitt R, Miguel E, Fontenelle L. Social losses predict a faster onset and greater severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2020, 130: 187-193. PMID: 32828024, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.07.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical obsessive-compulsive disorderObsessive-compulsive disorderStressful life eventsSpeed of progressionYale-Brown ObsessiveDSM-IV Axis I DisordersLife eventsCompulsive ScaleAxis I DisordersStructured Clinical InterviewSeverity of symptomsSymptom dimensionsBeck Depression InventorySubclinical obsessive-compulsive symptomsBeck Anxiety InventorySpecific obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensionsI disordersFaster onsetPsychiatric disordersHistory questionnaireBrown AssessmentClinical InterviewGreater severityDepression InventoryObsessive-compulsive symptoms